Cleveland -- LeBron James scored 10 points in the first quarter Wednesday and Cleveland poured it on early in thrashing Oklahoma City 117-82.
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The Thunder, winners of just one game all season, lost their 13th straight.
Cleveland scored 33 points in each of the first two periods and Oklahoma City could not get to 33 for the entire half. The Cavaliers wound up with a 66-32 advantage at the break.
James, who began the game as the NBA's leading scorer with 28.9 points per outing, finished with 14 and sat out most of the final two quarters.
The Cavaliers won their third straight and their 11th out of 12. They are unbeaten in eight home games this season.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland in scoring with 17 and Daniel Gibson had 15.
Oklahoma City, which got 14 from Chris Wilcox, is still looking for its first win under Coach Scott Brooks. He took over last week after P.J. Carlesimo was fired 13 games into the season.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International.
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